This archive report was first published on 19 June 2020.
Published on June 19, 2020, hundreds of residents in Kibarani, Bahati, and Kwa Punda informal settlements in Mombasa took to the streets to protest over what they termed as biased relief food distribution in the coastal city.
The protests came ahead of the roll out of the second phase of a county-wide food distribution program, which had already benefited over 50,000 households in the first phase.
The residents of Kibarani, Bahati, and Kwa Punda informal settlements claimed they had been registered for the program but were left out of the first phase, despite being in dire need of food assistance.
"For the last three months, we have not been given any food. Other informal areas of Mombasa in Jomvu were given food, but we were left out," a protester said.
Another protestor alleged that two people had died of hunger in Kibarani, a claim the county government had yet to respond to.
The residents also complained that they have been left out of the Kazi Mtaani Program, a national government initiative targeting unemployed youths.
